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For this process you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.0 or greater and you will need a PDF file to work with. Acrobat is used to publish your documents, rather than to create documents from scratch. You can create a PDF file from a source document such as an MS Word document or web page. Once you’ve created the PDF file from your source document, you can use Acrobat to add features to it, such as bookmarks, annotations, form fields, and so on. We In this article, we will be focusing on using creating form fields , naming conventions, and saving/optimizing .your file

Open the Document

First open your PDF document in Acrobat (File menu → Open).

Adding Form Fields

We’ll walk through two methods of adding form fields: using the wizard to auto-generate form fields and manually adding form fields. Make sure the fields you are adding are text field types.

Auto-generate fields using the wizard

Go to Forms menu → Start Form Wizard. Once you’ve selected “Start Form Wizard,” you’ll be prompted to use an existing file, scan a paper form, or create a PDF from scratch. Select “Use an existing file” and click “Next”.

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Then, in the next step, select “Use the current document” and then click “Next.”

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The form wizard will automatically detect blank spaces in your form and create text fields.

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Manually add form fields

Go to Forms menu → Add or Edit Fields. This may be under the Tools menu under Forms depending on what version/platform of Acrobat you are using. Once the FORM tool is open you will be able to add fields. Select the Add New Field – Text Field option.

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If you need to have the same piece of data appear in two places, simply have two fields with the same name.

Saving the Form

Once you have completed your form you need to Close Form Editing.

Forms menu → Start Form Wizard

Once you’ve selected “Start Form Wizard,” you’ll be prompted to use an existing file, scan a paper form, or create a PDF from scratch. Select “Use an existing file” and click “Next”.

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Then, in the next step, select “Use the current document” and then click “Next.”

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The form wizard will automatically detect blank spaces in your form and create text fields.

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Once your fields are created and named, Now you can save your form.

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  1. Select File → Save As

  2. Choose the format: ADOBE PDF FILES, OPTIMIZED

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